Caribou Municipal
CAR · KCAR · Caribou, Maine · Aroostook County · map
Caribou Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Caribou, 1 mile northwest of Caribou, Maine, 620 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,003 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 10 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 3,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 84 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Caribou Municipal?
Its FAA code is CAR, and its ICAO code is KCAR.
Where is Caribou Municipal?
It is 1 mile northwest of Caribou, Maine, 620 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Caribou Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 4,003 feet long.
Does Caribou Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Caribou Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Caribou Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CAR · ICAO KCAR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Caribou
- Elevation
- 620 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- customs available
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,016 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: gnd 7 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 29: threshold displaced 398 ft, building 34 ft high 398 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Caribou and rco | 122.3 | Caribou |
| Caribou and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.75 | |
| Car and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 207-544-7089.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Notes
- customs available
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Presque Isle International (11 nm south), Northern Aroostook Regional (28 nm northwest), Houlton International (46 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Maine · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Runway 01/19 obstruction lights alg both sides of prim surface and tree LN.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 800 feet above ground level light aircraft; 1000 feet above ground level multi and large sngl eng aircraft.
- 24 hour fuel available with credit card.
- Gnd 0-200 feet from eor 100-250 feet R of centerline rising to +8 feet.
- Gnd on both sides rising to +3 feet 200 feet from runway end.
- 524 feet dthr; +302 feet blast pad beyond end of runway.
- 24:1 ratio to dthr.
- Runway 01 +23 feet pwr pole and +26 feet trees, 950 feet from threshold air carriers approach.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 10 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,200 |
| general aviation, local | 2,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Caribou from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Caribou, Maine: 4 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maine.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Caribou 6 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 529 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maine 66 landing places
- Maine 1,427 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CAR.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 29, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.